The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced the cancellation of the aptitude take a look at for 2024 Direct Entry candidates.
In a press release launched on its official X account on Monday, JAMB revealed that different standards could be used for Direct Entry admissions.
The assertion learn, “Consideration 2024 DE Candidates! That is to tell you that the Board has shelved the conduct of the aptitude take a look at for the yr. Different placement standards shall be thought of to your admission whereas sufficient preparation goes into the train forward of subsequent yr.”
JAMB assured that every one obligatory processes had been established for the graduation of admissions into the nation’s tertiary establishments.
Moreover, JAMB introduced that the 2024 version of the annual coverage assembly will happen on Thursday, July 18, in Abuja.
Minister of Schooling, Tahir Mamman, will chair the assembly, which is able to formally authorise the beginning of this yr’s admission cycle.
A bulletin revealed on X highlighted, “This yr’s train may even characteristic the Nationwide Tertiary Admissions’ Efficiency-Advantage Award, NATAP-M Awards, the place the general winner will obtain N500 million, and different comfort winners will share N250 million collectively.”
The coverage assembly, a major occasion within the educational calendar, is attended by vice-chancellors of universities, rectors of polytechnics, monotechnics, innovation enterprise institutes, provosts of faculties of training, and different key stakeholders.
Throughout the assembly, tips for the 2024 admission train can be reviewed and accepted.
The assembly may even assessment the efficiency of the 2023 admissions train and the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) outcomes.
“The minimal admission scores, an aggregation of particular person establishments’ submissions, can be accepted on the assembly,” the bulletin acknowledged, including,”This isn’t a cut-off mark, as usually misconstrued, however a minimal rating that no establishment ought to go under.”
The outcomes of the coverage assembly, chaired by the Minister of Schooling, set the requirements for admissions and signify a collective choice fairly than solely that of JAMB.
“No establishment is anticipated to start the admission course of till after the coverage assembly, as the rules regulating the yr’s admission train are decided on the assembly with the endorsement of the Minister of Schooling,” the assertion emphasised.
JAMB added that establishments that fail to stick to those collectively agreed norms will face sanctions, reinforcing the significance of the coverage assembly in sustaining the integrity and orderliness of the admission course of.
